The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1887-11-03
THE OLD FASHIONED WAY.
Herbs Given for Ailments-NVomen II.
Council Over the Sick--GooI Nur.;n.~


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Herbs Given for Ailments-Women II.
Council Over the Sick--Good Nur-inG.
All women believe in herbs. Men, at
least, pretend not to. But il is part OF
manhood to laugh at us and our notion:
but notice that John IL always ready 70
take, or even call fox, n dccuation Of
some of my fragrant bunches when he
gets under the weather. In the spring Of
the year bowl of boncset tea is sure to
be needed, and it saves doc.nrs bills. l
know they laugh at it and wish instead
thar | shall take a thirty-thrl dilution of
deadly aconite or ngh;shade. ] do not
See why we should throw away innocent
herbs for rank poisons. or Why mineral
drugs should be more honorable or safe
than vegetable. So | shall cling to nav
old fashioned ways and have faith in tho
virtues of hyssop and mint. Heaven Er'N
u.s. bpt am afraid to have ;hejr po.syas
growing in my beds of fowe, lest a cA..t
Will chew one of them and de.
| am Just Old enough 10 +. member ol.
or two old style kitcheus-twenty
square and full TO the mu.zle OF go.
things. The ceiling was low-only on
q tall mans hCad-anG you should
apples ON strings, and punches Of parslo-
and dill, and mullen. AMI rue, "a
savory, and mmts, and saffron, g.
tansy, and dozen more of natures tao
crs. 1t was around an enormous c FL
ney, eight feet square, | th-.k-auG 81
odors were as sweet as the nell Of
doughnuts that were skinned from
lard, in the big kettle, that gwunw O.,
crane over the backlog. Have | oV..
too much as TO my age? A woman ln s
not have too ancient a memory, so,
cannot help il. / do REM nlber Oh,
| herbs, and days Of herbs. y a dciigNt-
all but the cookies with cMioway seeds .
in them. l preferred fenuy and Ill.,.
people will have neither Cne nor tho
other,
In those days doctors bills wera rever
allowed to swallow up a farm and tuyu
folks out of doors. The grarimothor was
chief doctor, and her eXpeyi, zee WAS con-
sidered authority: but all The women in
the neighborhood held council and each
one advised and prescribed. So it hap
pened one was well purge and some
| times terribly dosed. Ii one lose id not
do the thing, another wouiJ. Fiist one
then the other. We had il our fa".
the castor oil party, and the salts part
and when one of us had ind city LOAD
in too many plums, she was sure TO h5NH
to swallow both salts and o. So uat,A
for parties and sects. And when one h,.,
down pennyroyal and rhubaIb and sruut
and cherry bark, who is to jeli wnch A.
is does the work? If one did hat get wen
the glory of il was enough t. go rolnu.
and each would claim the success; hut a.
the patient died, who indeed, VIZ ..
blame? 1t was the other party S medic
that did it.
But it was the nursing hat did d
curing in those days. would gladly
sick once more if | could again feel t.
touch of that soft hand smoothing
pillows. If l should live 1000 yc9
there will never be a sensation so g..
as that-the mothers hand All o.,
hands are more or less selfish, bu.
hand of a mother brings in It the wn.
soul. And the smell OF those laveE.
and sweet clover sheets and pillows! III,
could disease face such love and sW,.
ness! But there were then nu diphthcl
! and hundred more sicknesses of mude.l.
/ invention. There were measles ar
mumps and chicken pox for every boo
! We went TO school TO learn spelling auH
catch the regulation diseases. Then tte
! right herbs were sure TO he on hand t.
cure them. They had faith, too, in thoe'
days-if not in Mother Eddy. at least iu
| the real mother who bore them and nursed
| them.
Many plants give us health by the
smell, as well as by taking them into th'
stomach. But dogs and cats ind commou
grass to have medicinal qualities. BefO.'
a rain Roger and Bess will ribble guam
ties of grass; and it is one of the b.
weather signs. Our own health B..
affected quito as much by what we il.
| hale as by what we imbibe. Pine We
| give us invigorating odors. Many Of '
| garden flowers give us ozone, which o.
breathe and get. .streugthsfrom. But n
garden herbs are especially valuable 20
the same way. | confess that what :
like best about the herbs is the swe.
odors. A crushed handful of peppermint
or pennyroyal. or summer savory, or ev p
horse mint, is delightful.
Every autumn go on several herb
cursions, and if it happens, I do not h
tate to gather a few roots rs well. Nj
Inns | must have for. drafts. Boneset
invaluable for jaundice. Every Ameri...
is entitled TO get bilious. 1t is prerC
tive Of all pie and pork eaters. Then
must have his thoroughwort tea.
stouter bitter it is well to l
wornwood in the house. Pepper.
and catnip are specific for colic. E04
berry roots are the best of remedi,8
diarrhea and choeraic difficulties. r
is charming TO be ones own doctor;
learn the sympathy of each part Of
| t,i, IfU
Mary E. Spencer in Globe-pemocrat.